The Canadian Flag

[Snoopy]

A Canadian Flag from a flag pole should never be defaced. Some like to come by and try stirring up the pot because we put text on a Canadian computer generated flag and the text is only a welcome to this site hardly slandering our Flag. One American from Dallas TX who wants us all to think she is Canadian insists on stirring the pot here but she has not and will not succeed.

[meg]

The writing on the Flag above is not inflammatory to the flag or Canadians so I don't see a problem. If this site was trashing the flag under freedom of rights then that would be different and I would delete my account. I have checked out some other sites and this one is OK and I like the theme.

[Snoopy]

Gopher is right. How many times have we all seen the Canadian or American Flag stepped on and even spit on. People all over North America write on both flags on t-shirts and even logos and pictures. This site was started by a Canadian and is for all so the theme is Canada and yes there is a welcome message on the flag and that is not a bad thing as "one" would try to stir up. Try to start something over nothing might be some kind of hatred towards this site or Canada ??

[ladybug]

As I said on the original post( started by ) and was deleted so fast most probobly didnt see it,you see fat slobs with hairy chests and nipples at sports events with the flag painted across their chest.Now that is defacing the flag

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ladybug said:

As I said on the original post( started by ) and was deleted so fast most probobly didnt see it,you see fat slobs with hairy chests and nipples at sports events with the flag painted across their chest.Now that is defacing the flag

A Kodak moment to be sure.

[sasquatch]

I couldn't care less.

My flag is the old Red Ensign...not the Pearson pennant.

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gopher said:

The Red Ensign served until 1965 when it was replaced by today's Maple Leaf Flag. The flag bore various forms of the shield from the Canadian coat of arms in its fly during the period of its use. The picture (top) shows the official form between 1957 and 1965. From 1921 until 1957, the Canadian Red Ensign was virtually the same, except that the leaves in the coat of arms were green, and there was a slight alteration to the Irish harp.HM King George V formally declared red and white to be Canada's official colours; hence, some people argued that the 3 maple leaves in the shield, (meant, of course, to represent Canada, along with the Dominion's 4 founding nations -- England, Scotland, Ireland, and France), should therefore be red on white,Finally, on 8 Oct 1957, the Canadian government formally announced changes to the design of the Red Ensign's, (and Canadian Coat of Arms') shield, to wit:

a) the proper maple leaves were henceforth to be red; and
b) (at the Queen's pleasure) the "female" Irish harp was replaced with the traditional Celtic version of the harp.

It truly was a beautiful flag.

[evad54]

gopher said:

The Red Ensign served until 1965 when it was replaced by today's Maple Leaf Flag. The flag bore various forms of the shield from the Canadian coat of arms in its fly during the period of its use. The picture (top) shows the official form between 1957 and 1965. From 1921 until 1957, the Canadian Red Ensign was virtually the same, except that the leaves in the coat of arms were green, and there was a slight alteration to the Irish harp.HM King George V formally declared red and white to be Canada's official colours; hence, some people argued that the 3 maple leaves in the shield, (meant, of course, to represent Canada, along with the Dominion's 4 founding nations -- England, Scotland, Ireland, and France), should therefore be red on white,Finally, on 8 Oct 1957, the Canadian government formally announced changes to the design of the Red Ensign's, (and Canadian Coat of Arms') shield, to wit:

a) the proper maple leaves were henceforth to be red; and
b) (at the Queen's pleasure) the "female" Irish harp was replaced with the traditional Celtic version of the harp.

The Red Ensign was and will always be my Canadian Flag while I am in Canada. When I go on holiday then I recognize the other flag but the Red Ensign will always remain close to my heart.

[meg]

gopher said:

The present Flag is nice and very recognizable world-wide with very few mistaken identities...but something about the Red Ensign that depicts a majestic over-tone. Maybe the factor of Royalty and the Commonwealth countries ..

Yes indeed the Red Ensign was a beautiful Flag but reminded too many people of our ties to Mother England so it had to go.
I still call Dominion Day by its proper name.

[ladybug]

sasquatch said:

I couldn't care less.

My flag is the old Red Ensign...not the Pearson pennant.

Now really, is that a surprise?

Thats the way old men are

[Snoopy]

I accept the current Canadian Flag but you have to admit the Red Ensign is so cool to look at.

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I've been trying to Google and find what the Flag stands for
I think I heard that the red on each end stands for bounded by a ocean and the red maple leaf stands for all the green inbetween...Red is keeping in tradition with King George request from years ago ?

[Snoopy]

The Current Canadian Flag
The Maple Leaf flag
The Canadian National Flag was adopted by the Canadian Parliament on October 22, 1964 and was proclaimed into law by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the Queen of Canada) on February 15, 1965. The Canadian Flag (colloquially known as The Maple Leaf Flag) is a red flag of the proportions two by length and one by width, containing in its centre a white square, with a single red stylized eleven-point maple leaf centred in the white square.

The colours red and white used in the Canadian flag are the same as those colours used in the Union Flag (of the UK). Red and white are the national colours of Canada since 1921 (when they were proclaimed by King George V on the recommendation of the Canadian Government). The heraldic description of the Canadian National Flag is: Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first.

Philatelists will note the issue of a Canadian stamp commemorating the 30th. Anniversary of the National flag on May 1, 1995.

Sources (of this item and the following ones):
Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, The Arms, Flag and Emblems of Canada, 1984
Department of the Secretary of State for Canada, Canada: Symbols of Nationhood, 1988
Bruce Peel "Emblems of Canada: Flag" The Canadian Encyclopedia, Hurtig Publishers: Edmonton, 1988.
Peter Cawley - 25 May 1995

[Snoopy]

Origin of the Maple Leaf as symbol for Canada
This comes from a daily vignette on local radio "This Day in History".

On 21 August, 1860, the Prince of Wales was visiting Canada (i.e. Ontario and Quebec at that time, I assume) - the first real royal visit. People lined the streets of Toronto to see him - those of English origin wore a rose, the Scots wore a thistle, but what were the Canadian-born to wear? Canada's emblem had long been the beaver. 26 years earlier the Saint Jean Baptiste Society in Quebec had adopted the maple leaf as its symbol (apparently the first time the maple leaf was used as a symbol), and it was decreed that for the prince's visit the Canadians should wear a maple leaf. The idea took root.

In 1867 as Canada was becoming a country, a call was put out to write a patriotic song. Whatever song was chosen has since been lost to history, but the second place winner was Alexander Muir who wrote "The Maple Leaf for Ever", a song which became very popular, although today is downplayed a lot as it is not inclusive of the French Canadians.

In World War 1, Lester Pearson noted that almost every battalion from Canada included the maple leaf in its insignia, and vowed he would campaign to put it on the flag, and of course 50 years later as prime minister of Canada he was part of the 33-day debate that resulted in the maple leaf as the Canadian flag.

Rob Raeside - 21 August 1998

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....thank-you , muchly ... do the 11 points on the maple leaf mean anything or not ... not enough to represent every province/territory ...

[Truthknut]

ladybug said:

sasquatch said:

I couldn't care less.

My flag is the old Red Ensign...not the Pearson pennant.

Now really, is that a surprise?

Thats the way old men are

I was born in '69. The 'candy wrapper' flag has only come to symbolise defeat and the eradication of a once Great Dominion and it's monumental heritage.

[Truthknut]

snoopy said:

Origin of the Maple Leaf as symbol for Canada
This comes from a daily vignette on local radio "This Day in History".

On 21 August, 1860, the Prince of Wales was visiting Canada (i.e. Ontario and Quebec at that time, I assume) - the first real royal visit. People lined the streets of Toronto to see him - those of English origin wore a rose, the Scots wore a thistle, but what were the Canadian-born to wear? Canada's emblem had long been the beaver. 26 years earlier the Saint Jean Baptiste Society in Quebec had adopted the maple leaf as its symbol (apparently the first time the maple leaf was used as a symbol), and it was decreed that for the prince's visit the Canadians should wear a maple leaf. The idea took root.

In 1867 as Canada was becoming a country, a call was put out to write a patriotic song. Whatever song was chosen has since been lost to history, but the second place winner was Alexander Muir who wrote "The Maple Leaf for Ever", a song which became very popular, although today is downplayed a lot as it is not inclusive of the French Canadians.

In World War 1, Lester Pearson noted that almost every battalion from Canada included the maple leaf in its insignia, and vowed he would campaign to put it on the flag, and of course 50 years later as prime minister of Canada he was part of the 33-day debate that resulted in the maple leaf as the Canadian flag.

Rob Raeside - 21 August 1998

Pearson must have had vision problems. The Red Ensign has three of them (maple leafs). The fleur de lis is also present, thusly including French Canadians.

If you really want to be embarrassed by Pearson, check this out.

www.mapleleafweb.com/features/cultural/flag/national-flag-canada.html

From the outset, Pearson rejected following the route of many other Commonwealth countries, whose flags included the Union Jack to represent their ties to Britain. Pearson had vivid memories of the 1956 Suez Crisis, when, as Canada’s Secretary of State for External Affairs, he had played a key role in brokering an agreement between the relevant parties over the future operation of the Suez Canal. When Pearson suggested the United Nations create a United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) to keep the peace in Egypt while a political settlement was being worked out, President Nassar of Egypt objected to including Canadian troops in the UNEF because their flag, the Canadian Red Ensign, was too British-looking.

Yes, we sukked of an insignificant llittle 3rd world shytehole long before bowing to every foreign wanker on our own soil. Not something to be proud of.

The fiberal rag boasts of it's lack of British character yet uses the colours of England (St Georges Cross is Red and White, St George is also the Patron Saint of Canada). The French are exlcuded more than included.

[Truthknut]

pinoy64 said:

homeandnativeland said:

I was born in '69. The 'candy wrapper' flag has only come to symbolise defeat and the eradication of a once Great Dominion and it's monumental heritage.

My kid was born in 69. Her attitude is just as anal and arrogant as yours but don't worry some day you will be older and with that comes WISER.

Anal and arrogant?? Do I obsess over the Americans? It's you who have the inferiority complex. You're "patriotism' has to put others down. Anal and arrogant?? HA!!

I'm sorry if the RE and Dominion DAy were here first.